Eastern:     Alaska
Western:    Alaska
Northern:    Alaska
Southern:   Hawaii

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Hey, now with all the new units from AA50 do we need to change the membership structure to add all of the new units?

Just wondering what the general membership thinks.

LT

When my Uncle was in the US 82nd Airborne he went to Norway and got his jump wings there. 

He said that you would be shivering on the plane dressed like an Eskimo.  He said that then the light would turn green you would get out of the plane it would be -40* F/C and you would be so happy just because the sun would be hitting your face.

No thanks. 

Woo-Hoo!  My cousin lives in Buffalo, Captian Jack lives in Jamesville and two others (less active on the site) live between me and there.

I thought they would have had the triple fasces as well.  I just thought is was another Italian related icon.

For example Germany could have gome with the Iron Cross, swastika or the imperial eagle as appropriate marker icons.

Don't the A&A mini's use the triple fasces as well?

Craig you caught me 8 years to late I used to live like 20 miles west of Donner Pass in Nevada County.

Oh, well maybe next time. 

If you have a showdown in Northern NY or Ontario, Canada let me know.

As of right now I plan to head to the WBC in Lancaster next year.

Cool an IC in Norway, I am sure UK or even better USA will be very happy with that one!

smart a$$   

To be honest - every game about WWII IS won in Russia - even the real one

Why do KGF work? - Could it be because the crowd (us) is used to that strategy and knows exactly what to do, so you don't even try another approach? - Could it be?

The pacific is a wide space and there are a multitude of things one can try.

US buys BmBs sends them to Russia to bomb Japan into submission (IC, fleet, army) and let Russia/UK conquer the mainland Posessions of Japan - UK could also use Australia as staging area to Island hop from the soth while the us comes from the East.

Or do an US fleet build to attack in the conventional manner.

To help the Russians vs. Germany UK and US must only invest a few fighters for defence.

KGF or KJF ? - I for my part would certainly do KGF even if the odds were more for Germany,

The problem here is: You can do a KGF and ignore Japan for a lengthy time, but if you do a KJF you can't IGNORE Germany - Most IPC are gathered in Europe and surroundings, so leaving Germany alone quickly makes it to an industrial giant - probably taking out Russia in the process. So if you kill Japan first, you MUST invest into Europe/Russia.

(italy neither adds nor subtracts from this equation)

So KGF is IMHO not done because its the "best" strategy, but its the easiest.

I agree when we play to win we go for Germany when we play to try things out we go for Japan.  (Not always but you get the idea.)

LT

I read the rules that were posted here and you are correct that any allied player can enter China just China can't leave.

I think that's a good thing this way Japan just can't go around.  They have to worry about Allies springing leaks in the Japanese defence.

I think that I am going to have to pull out one of my other US fighters from another A&A game to be the chinese fighter.  In the event the US gets to China before the FTR gets destroyed.

Sorry to derail your topic.

LT

I have played 1 game of AA50 and one of A&A Pacific this month.

Most of they guys I play with have PCS'd (the army moved them) or moved (they were civilians that moved).

So a game a month is average for me 

Sure there were AA guns on the West coast did you ever see that comedy 1941?  You may not remember the name but I bet you remember the faris-wheel.   

When I went to Marine Corps tank school in 1985 the T34/85 was an enemy tank we had to learn about as several were in the hands of the lesser allies of the USSR.

This tank alone was produced in more numbers than all the German tanks ever built.

Like the Makarov PM pistol, Like the AK47 rifle the T-34 is a Russian masterpiece. A simple and rough design that works, anywhere and at anytime.

The fact that the Germans had to design counter - tanks (Panther et al) to attempt to defeat it shows just what the vehicle was. One of the top ten tanks in history.

I agree it would have to be in the top ten.  I don't know as you can ever pick a number one, I mean a T-34 wouldn't stand a chance vs. a M1A2 Abrams but that's just how tech works.  Things are supposed to get better.

LT

Well, in 1945, an A-bomb in Lenigrad and another in Moscow solves the Soviet problem, in fact it would have allowed the Americans and British to have truly shaped the world anyway they saw fit
I am a big fan of utopia so in my oppion there would not have been a Korean War, there would not be anymore wars becasue the the US and UK would control the world, but to be realistic humans would fine some way to mess everything up.
Without the bomb, the Soviets might have conquered Europe, they had 3 million soldiers and heavier tanks. In 1945 China was in civil war, but by Korea they had millions of soldiers, I think it would have been hard to win a conventional war espeacialy against both at the same time.

I think that even knowing how things played out it would still be a very hard call to make to go back in time and drop an A-bomb on Moscow.

I do agree with you that the Korean war would not have happened.

I am also a big fan of utopia but I don't think one could have been built out of the ashes.  Not getting political but the UN split Korea to have a superpower assist in the aid and development of north and south.  Even with good intentions bad things will happen.

LT

IL, what is the weather like in your neck of the woods?

I Googled it becuase I honestly whould not have known that.